Electric Cars Have Not Been Left Behind: An Automotive Research Perspective on the Rise and Fall of EV Charging Stations in the United States
Starting today, people who own electric vehicles from Ford can reserve an adapter that will enable them to charge at Tesla’s vastly superior Supercharger network.
Williams said that the supply was constrained as they moved forward. We will try to maintain demand on a first-come first-served basis, but we think that the demand will exceed the supply in the initial phases of launch.
The United States has a very widespread and reliable charging network. The new survey has shown that EV drivers who are more upscale are more likely to be happy with public charging. The North AmericanCharging Standard is a unique charging plug that it has. Drivers of electric cars will be able to tap into the charging network if a plug is added to their vehicle.
Ford and other auto companies have said they will make their cars with factory-installed NACS ports. Those vehicles aren’t expected to come any sooner than 2025.
Every six months, the automotive research company interviews 5,000 US electric car owners about their experience driving their cars. The most recent edition of the survey found that EV is still bugbear-ing. In fact, it’s got worse: Drivers say they are even more dissatisfied with the availability of public charging stations than they were a year ago.